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“Organized” Bible Work in 19Th Century 57 F T H E B I B O L E N D A L First “Organized” Bible E H T th N I Work in 19 Century K R O W E Jerusalem (1816-1831) L B I Part II: Christoph Burckhardt B in Jerusalem, 1818 By Kai Kjær-Hansen In the first article in this series the year “1816” was questioned as the year for the “Beginning of organised Bible work in Israel.” The assumption that Henry Lindsay, Chaplain to the British Embassy at Constantinople, visited Jerusalem in 1816 on behalf of the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS), cannot be substantiated.1 Henry Lindsay can thus be left out of consideration, which leaves us with two candidates, namely Christoph Burckhardt and James Connor. Both visited Jerusalem, and there is no doubt about the sequence. First Burckhardt, in 1818, then Connor, in 1820. That means that Burckhardt (at least until otherwise proved) must be regarded as the first Protestant Bible-man in Jerusalem. This, however, does not substantiate that he was also the first one to organize a Bible work in Jerusalem. Burckhardt’s Arrival at Malta Christoph Burckhardt2 was a Swiss Clergyman, who came to Malta from Geneva, January 5, 1818. He had not been sent out by a missionary society but was supported by Henry Drummond.3 In the minds of the contempo- rary public, Burckhardt’s brief career as a missionary – it was to be less than eight months – was linked with the work being done by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) and the Bible Society. Burckhardt’s task in the Levant had been defined prior to his arrival at Malta. Under the date of January 5, 1818, William Jowett, CMS’ rep- resentative in Malta, writes the following words in his journal about Burckhardt’s planned “Bible Mission”: “He is to visit Egypt, Jerusalem, 1 See Mishkan, no. 41 (2004), 21-30. 2 In English sources “Christopher”; not to be confused with the famous Swiss traveler John Lewis (= Johann Ludwig) Burckhardt, who died 33 years old in Cairo in 1817. 3 Cf. Missionary Register (1818), 286. Henry Drummond (1776-1860) was a wealthy English banker and politician, who was deeply concerned with Bible work as well as with Jewish mission (and many other things); together with John Bayford Drummond was also patron for the renowned Jewish missionary Joseph Wolff, when the latter began his work in 1821. The formation of the Malta Bible Society in 1817 was ”very much due to the zeal” of Drummond, who visited Malta that same year; cf. Missionary Register (1817), 352. First Organized Bible Work.indd 57 21-02-05, 21:50 58 Asia Minor, and Greece; and wherever he goes, he is to aim at forming Bible Societies.”4 The task which Burckhardt has been set was clearly very ambitious and accompanied by great expectations, for at this time there was only one Bible Society, the Malta Bible Society, in the Levant. The following quota- tion from Jowett’s Journal, also under the date of January 5, 1818, gives an impression of these expectations: Mr. Drummond’s and his [Burckhardt’s] idea of a Bible society is very simple. It is, two or three people sitting down together, signing a set of Rules, and then saying, ‘We are the Bible Society of __,’ and imme- diately acting as such. The only objection to this system is its want of KAI KJÆR-HANSEN APPEARANCE, in the eyes of its neighbours: this, however, is, in some degree, its security. The more I reflect on the miserable state of these countries, the more am I persuaded that Mr. Drummond has hit the mark. – Be something. Do something. Call yourself something. A single individual, in any of the principal cities of Syria, for instance, who should say, ‘I AM THE BIBLE MAN,’ or two, who should say, ‘WE ARE THE BIBLE SOCIETY,’ would be worth their weight in gold; and Mr. Burckhardt is going the right way to find them, or make them. The following days, January 6-9, Jowett assists Burckhardt in his plans. January 17, 1818, Burckhardt departed for Alexandria with 755 cop- ies of the Scriptures (Bibles and New Testaments) in thirteen languages, provided by the Malta Bible Society. During his journey he corresponded primarily with Dr. Cleardo Naudi, one of the three secretaries for the Malta Bible Society. Burckhardt’s Activities Before and After Jerusalem Due to lack of space I cannot give a detailed description of Burckhardt’s activities in Egypt and Lebanon/Syria – the former prior to, the latter af- ter, his visit to Jerusalem. In order to assess the significance of his stay in Jerusalem a few remarks are necessary. Burckhardt’s Work in Egypt Prior to His Visit in Jerusalem5 Burckhardt’s Bible Mission in Egypt took place in the period January 26 to mid-April, 1818. He worked in Alexandria as well as in Cairo. From the pretty accurate numbers he mentions in his letters, it appears that 4 Cf. Missionary Register (1818), 296. In “Malta Bible Society Report 1818” the same point is expressed with the following words, although the word “forming” (Bible Societies) is not used – perhaps because this had not happened when the report was made: “His object being to travel in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece, solely to make known and promote the object of the Bible Society.” Cf. Missionary Register (1819), 72. 5 Described in the following letters: “Letter from Alexandria, February 19, 1818”; in Missionary Register (1818), 245-247. “Letter from Alexandria, February 28, 1818”; in Missionary Register (1818), 247. First Organized Bible Work.indd 58 21-02-05, 21:50 when he left Egypt, he had sold at least 400 copies from his stock, maybe 59 more. He asked earnestly that further supplies of Scriptures be sent. He also established contact with church leaders. Even if he did not succeed in forming a Bible Society, he did not give up the hope that Alexandria “will become an important Bible-Depôt to many nations of Africa,” as he writes in “Letter from Alexandria, February 19, 1818.” FIRST “ORGANIZED” BIBLE-WORK IN 19TH CENTURY JERUSALEM Burckhardt’s work in Egypt is considered a success by Jowett, who writes this to the BFBS: “We reap now, in the successes of our admirable co-ad- jutor, Mr. Burckhardt, in Egypt, in the formation of the Smyrna Society, and in the pledges of co-operation given us in various parts of Asia Minor and Greece, an ample reward of our first year’s pleasing toil! Can we be otherwise than greatly thankful?”6 When it comes to Burckhardt’s visit to Jerusalem, the tone will be a different one – as we shall see. Burckhardt’s Work After His Visit to Jerusalem7 After his visit to Jerusalem Burckhardt is back in Jaffa May 20, 1818. He sets out from Jaffa for Lebanon/Syria and dies on August 14, 1818, in Aleppo. On his journey he makes contacts with church people, as he did in Egypt, and collects books and manuscripts in Arabic and Carshun (Arabic in Syriac characters), which are sent to Malta. He hands out a couple of Syriac Testaments, but in stark contrast to the description of the time in Egypt there is no information in the published material about the sale and distribution of Bibles and Testaments on this journey – presumably because there was nothing to write about. There is no earnest appeal for Scriptures to be sent, as was the case in Egypt. That he can still supply Bibles and Testaments in Syriac and Hebrew – but not Bibles in Arabic – is mentioned in his “Letter from Jaffa, May 20, 1818.” Burckhardt’s Death in Aleppo Naudi reports that Burckhardt “had scarcely arrived Aleppo, when a fatal fever, then raging in the neighbourhood, put an end to his most valuable life.”8 This information had come from the British Vice-Consul at Aleppo, “Letter from Alexandria, March 2, 1818”; in BFBS Fifteenth Report (1819), 228. “Letter from Cairo, March 21, 1818”; in Missionary Register (1818), 389-390; mistakenly dated as May 21; the correct date is March 21. “Letter from Cairo, March 25, 1818”; in BFBS Fifteenth Report (1819), 229. “Letter from Jaffa, May 20, 1818”; in Missionary Register (1818), 73-75. 6 BFBS Fifteenth Report (1819), 209. 7 Described in the following letters: ”Letter from Tripoli, June 14 (?), 1818”; in Missionary Register (1818), 75-76; it is doubtful whether the date is correct; in the letter it is also said that Burckhardt departed from Beirut on June 14. ”Letter from Latachia, June 29, 1818”; in Missionary Register (1818), 76; here is an edito- rial addition: “his last Letter to his friends”. “Letter from Antioch (?), July (?), 1818”; in a letter of November 12, 1818, Naudi claims (in BFBS Fifteenth Report [1819], 211, that he forwarded to Burckhardt’s father in Switzerland “the last Letter that his Son wrote to us, which was from Antioch.” – Or is it possible that Naudi confused Antioch with Latachia? 8 BFBS Fifteenth Report (1819), 209. First Organized Bible Work.indd 59 21-02-05, 21:50 60 who had written that he ”had the melancholy task of burying him, on the 14th of August.”9 That Burckhardt on his arrival in Aleppo still had a supply of Scriptures with him is attested, two years later, by Connor, who writes the following from Aleppo June 26, 1820: “I have received from the hands of the French Chancellor here, the effects of poor Burckhardt; and among other things, a Case of Bibles and Testaments. These I shall leave in Aleppo: the private effects I shall send to Malta.”10 After this brief description we shall follow Burckhardt on his journey to Jerusalem, which he had anticipated with great expectations.
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